Improvement in boots and shoes



T. K. REBD. BOOT ORSHOE.

" Patented May 23, 1865.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

T. K. REED, on NORTH BRIDGEWTR, MASSAOHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOOTS AND SHOES.

Specification forxuing part of Lettcrs Patent No. 47,859, datcd'Mny23, 1865.

T0 all whong; it may concern: J

Be it knoWn that I, T. K. REED, of North Bridgewnter, in the county of Piymouth and State of Massachusetts, have inventcd a new and Improved Construction of a Boot or Shoe; and I do hereby declare that the foliowing, tnkcn in connection With the drawings which accompany and form part of this specification, is a description of my invention sufficient t0 'c'nable chose skiiled in the art to praotice it.

My invention relates to that class of boots and shoes known as tnrns,,in which the vamp and sole are securcd togethcr in reversed position from thatwhioh they have whcn finished, or, in other words, the vamp andsoie are united whilc inside out and are znterward turn.d so as to be right side ont.

M 5* invention consists in themanufaoturc of boots and shoes as turns, in which a WeIt is first sewed entircly around and nearthe edge of a sole, and upon the inner surface thereof,

and in which the upper is then seoured to the sole by sewing the upper in a revc1sed or insideout condition to the we1t. T0 pcrform the latter opera-tion the sole is secured to the soie-face of a lastwith the welt oi1termost, and then the upper or Vamp reversed, or inside ont, is placed With its outcr or finished surface against the surface of the last, and the cdges of th6upper or wamp being drawn ovcr tl1e welt'and sole, a seain is formed either by baud or by mechanism in the welt and Vamp uniting them. Referring to the drawings for a. better understandingof my invention, Figure 1 represents in cross-section a boot or shoc made in accordance With and 'cmbodying my invcn tion as it appcars in its reversed or insidc ont condition and before being turned. Fig. 2 is a similar view to Fig. 1, but represents the parts in their turned or finished position.

a is the'sole, b the welt, and c the Vamp or upper. The seam which unites the welt to the sole is represented at (7, and the seam securing togcther the welt and 'vamp is reprois madc upon or into the inner surface of thc sole.

Thc ndvantages of this construction are, first, that whilc a thin sole may be uscd forfiexibility itmaybe made tdalppear to be of,any dcsircd or iashionahle thickness b v rhc employment of a suitable thickness of welt; second, no cutbeing niade in the sole from its inner surface, all of the material thereof in availabie for wear; third, theiine or scam of stitches at dmtkes the boot orshoc have the same appearance withthe' -well-known unturned weltcd boot or shoe:

I claim A boot or shoc having the construction substantiaily as specified.

In witness whereof I havehcreunto set my hand this 28th day of March, A. D. 1865.

T. K. REED. In presence ot J. B. CROSBY, F. GOULD. 77 

